
Bulgaria’s 3 Best Gelato Artisans Head to the 2025 European Finals
Velislava Kostova won the first Bulgarian challenge in Sofia on 22 March with Cheese Saedinenie, and the top three advance to the 2025 European Finals.
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Velislava Kostova won the first Bulgarian challenge in Sofia on 22 March with Cheese Saedinenie, and the top three advance to the 2025 European Finals.

Poland was the next European stop of the 2023 Gelato Festival World Masters season, with 15 gelato artisans competing in Łódź on 28 March.

Bulgaria was the fourth European stop of the 2023 Gelato Festival World Masters, with 12 gelato artisans competing in Sofia on 22 March.

Nine Greek artisans competed at the Artoza trade show in Athens, and Makis Mathiasos of Naxos won with a Mizithra cheesecake gelato.

James Coleridge of Vancouver won the 1 March Canadian challenge with Hickory Smoked Maple Pecan, ahead of Kaya Ogruce and Gisella Zomparelli Chung.

Carpigiani exhibited at HIP in Madrid from 6 to 8 March, showing Synthesis 2, the 161 T G SP and ReadyChef on booth 5C312.

Giuseppe Lollino of Vero Gelato won the 21 February Chicago challenge in Vernon Hills with Tribute to Setteveli, ahead of Kathy Turek and Maria Liliana Biondo.

Three Norwegian gelato artisans won the Norway Challenge in Lillestrøm and earned a place in the 2025 European finals. Here are the winners, their flavours and the jury.

Carpigiani Gelato University exhibited at Gulfood in Dubai from 20 to 24 February 2023, with live demos of Synthesis 2 and the 243 T SP soft serve machine.

On 16 February 2023 the Gelato Festival World Masters tour stopped in Lillestrøm, Norway, where 11 gelato artisans from Norway and Denmark competed for a place in the European final.
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